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Teaching Quality at IHMT-NOVA: monitoring instruments for the period 2019 - 2024

Introduction: The evaluation of teaching quality is one of the fundamental components of the Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical da Universidade Nova de Lisboa's (IHMT-NOVA) pedagogical strategy and is anchored in the objectives of the NOVA Quality Council. This article describes the trend of the main Teaching Quality Indicators based on data collected between the 2019/2020 and 2023/2024 academic years at ...

The impact of efflux on reduced susceptibility to biocides and fluoroquinolone ...

Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is the main bacterial agent causing skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) in companion animals. The increasing resistance to antimicrobial compounds, associated with multidrug resistance phenotypes, poses a risk for the therapeutic control of skin infections caused by this pathogenic agent. Until now, efflux as a resistance mechanism has been overlooked for this species. The ai...

Narratives of change: more than individual intentions in the path to a sustaina...

This paper presents a cross-case qualitative analysis of the relationship between food security, sustainability, and social justice within the framework of the European Green Deal's Farm to Fork strategy. Drawing on fifty narratives in urban and peri-urban areas of five European countries (Austria, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey), developed in the project ACCTING (AdvanCing behavioural Change Through an INclu...

Spatial planning and land-use management

Spatial Planning and Land-Use Management play a pivotal role in striking a balance between enhancing the quality of life for communities and addressing environmental protection and natural resource management. Additionally, they facilitate the exploration of alternative land-use scenarios that cater to socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental needs, ensuring the welfare of populations while upholding principl...

Microbial DNA extraction methods for microbial screening - saliva vs biofilm co...

Future land use/cover changes and participatory planning

Globally, land use/cover is facing irreversible damages caused by human activities and climate changes. These damages have occurred as a result of land conversions from natural and semi-natural areas to anthropogenic uses such as urbanization and intensive agricultural practices. Land conversions correspond to one of the main environmental threats characterized by a complex interconnection between different dim...

Impactos do teletrabalho na mobilidade: padrões e perspetivas na Área Metropoli...

A Covid-19 e o aumento de trabalhadores em teletrabalho, suprimiram várias deslocações pendulares, o que originou alterações nos padrões de mobilidade e nos quotidianos familiares. Este estudo pretende analisar, como o teletrabalho influencia a mobilidade na AML Norte e se este, constitui uma opção futura. Com base em revisão de literatura, seleção e análise de informação estatística e recolha de dados através ...

Future land use/cover changes and participatory planning

Globally, land use/cover is facing irreversible damages caused by human activities and climate changes. These damages have occurred as a result of land conversions from natural and seminatural areas to anthropogenic uses such as urbanisation and intensive agricultural practices. Land conversions correspond to one of the main environmental threats characterised by a complex interconnection between different dime...

Teletrabalho em tempo de pandemia:

O teletrabalho, adotado por muitas empresas e instituições em resposta à pandemia, contribuiu de forma positiva para a minimização da poluição atmosférica, para o aumento do tempo com a família e para a redução de custos de deslocação no orçamento familiar. Contudo, levantou incertezas relativamente aos seus efeitos positivos, uma vez que gerou o aumento da intensidade de trabalho, o isolamento social e a afeta...

Congresso GeoSaúde 2022: livro de resumos

O direito à proteção da saúde suscita um debate sobre a evolução dos direitos sociais e das políticas públicas consubstanciadas pelos Estados como instrumentos provisores desses direitos. Paralelamente, para além de um crescente envolvimento e responsabilização dos sujeitos pela gestão da sua própria saúde, assistimos à instalação de um conjunto de fatores que, estando presentes nos territórios têm merecido uma...